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Rachel Otwells "Rethinking reading" ( IT Feb. 25) raises the need for phonics instruction, the process of learning letter sounds. I agree. Phonics hasnt been stressed for many years. I encountered the lack of phonics instruction in 1970 as a student at the University of Illinois. One of my classes required tutoring a student in reading. My student did not know pronunciations so I introduced phonics. He improved. In my required paper for the class, I shared the success. The professor gave me a C...

On top: Laura Calderon and William Brewer. On bottom, from left: Sherri Winters, Andrea Rediger, Tiffani Saunders and Ann Strahle. Campaigns for Ball-Chathams school board are underway. The six candidates gathered virtually March 4 for a forum in advance of the April 6 election. There are four seats up for election. According to 2020 figures from the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), of about 4,750 st...

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This portrait of the Statehouse, “A night on a snowy day,” is by Vertrell, a Springfield photographer who specializes in landscape photography, but also works in portraits, food and other subjects. See more of Vertrell’s work at facebook.com/TrellsEye. Local legislators say that they support plans to renovate the state Capitol building, which is scheduled for a facelift that could cost as much as $170 million. "Weve got to realize that th...

Hopkins dazzles in sobering Father Anthony Hopkins delivers perhaps his best performance as Anthony in Florian Zeller's The Father, an adaptation of his 2011 play...

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